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Drug Courts Share Stats and Success

"Ultimately what we're trying to do is find solutions to age old problems by really thinking outside the box," Gossett said. "One thing that gets talked about is, insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result. We have to find better solutions to the problems we have. We can't just take people and throw them into a jail or prison."

In this article, there is a good description of their drug court but also a follow-up on three participants who were previously featured in the newspaper. (This segment is on the right column and I initially overlooked it.) One is "living the dream," while another is struggling but still in the court and making progress. The third failed and went to prison. The stories are followed by statistics.